N.Y. disclosure forms renew debate on part-time lawmakers

Conference says Legislature does full-time work

11:55 PM,
Jul. 5, 2013

Written by

Jon Campbell
| Albany Bureau

The National Conference of State Legislatures, which tracks legislative bodies across the country, says New York lawmakers do enough work to be considered full time.

New York state law, however, says otherwise.

A new round of financial disclosure forms released last week - some of which showing New York legislators with lucrative outside jobs that pull in six figures - has resparked a decadeslong debate over whether state lawmakers should be constitutionally recognized as full time and if they should be able to hold other jobs. ...